Luggage carrier



2 Sheets-Sheet 1 l. A. HILLS LUGGAGE CARRIER Filed sept. '7, 1925 oct. 13,1925. 1,556,601

l. A. HILLS LUGGAGE CARRIER Filed Sept. '7, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Oct. 13, 1925.

f i LUGGAGE- county of Kent and State of Michigan, have K invented certain new4 and useful Improve. ments in a Luggage Carrier; and I hereby. ydeclare thatt the following is agfulhclear, and-exact descriptionof the same, reference 1 being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals ,of reference ,markedr thereon, which form a part of this specification. .v

This iiiventionrelates to a combination foot board and luggage carrier for automobiles and the like. 'y l -It is an object of this invention to provide in connection with-the running board of a vehicle, foot pads which ordinarily serve the usual purpose but-which niay be l swung upwardly into vertical position for retaining luggage-.upon the running board.v It is also contemplated that means extending lengthwise of the running boardmay `be secured to said foot padfor forming acontinuous 'outer barrier upon the foot board for increasing the capacity for'` carrying lug.- i

It is a further object ofthis vinvention tol provide a novel form of apron-plate having v provision for attaching luggage, kretaining or carrying means. j l l Vith these andfotlie'r advantages in view which will become apparent in the following description and disclosures in the drawing, this invention comprises the novel mechanism and. combinations hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out and defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment of this invention and in which similar reference numerals refer to similar features in the difl Application filed.Septenibvc-:r

ARTHUR Hinn's,

Isaac .ARTHUR Hints, "or GRAivnRAriiis, MICHIGAN.

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7, i923. vseriali No. 661,372.

Figure t an enlarged'fragmentary'sidefv elevational'view of the running board havf inrithis invention applied thereto.

' ig-ure 5 is. an enlarged sectional Viewv through the running board taken upongthe line 5 5 of Figure 3.

lIn the illustrated embodiment of this in'- vention, there is shown a portionof, anau'- tomobilewhich inthe present instance has apair of .doors landl 2 and the usual running board 3. A pair ofedge plates i-are bolted to thei'unning board adj acent each door. These plates.*overlap afportion'of the. topf of the running board andy extend down over the outer vedge thereof and-then hori-V `zontallyin theform of resilient supporting flanges 5 that affordy rests for the lower margins of the luggage carriers when Yin usa Hingenplaites 6, aresecured upon the running board in superimposed relation with the Yplates v Q-,one of thesefplates has a,tongue-likeextension 7 that extends across the runningiboard andgforms a `support for;

a latch 8. yThe outery ends fof the hinge plates 6 yextend a 'short Vdistance beyond the running vboard where they are provided with` hinge-eyes 9. Afootpad 10 is hinged to-each' pair ofhingeplates 6 by meansfof the eyes 9.. l.',Iliis footv pad iscut away upon the bottoni so as to iit over the hinge plates assliowjn .in.Figuref '.Thesecut outV por-V @tions terminate short-.ofthe outermargins ofi thepads which margins are .enlarged and ext-end a distance beyond thehinge plates substantially equal to the thickness of the running board so that when.I the pad is swung to a vertical position as shown in dotted line in Figure 5, the enlarged margin will swing against the edge of the running board and the edge of the ypad will be forced upon the flange 5 which may yield for this purpose whereby the pad may be retained in such position. The enlarged marginl of the pad is preferably provided with a series of dirt removing slots 11. This foot pad may consist of wood, metal, stiffl rubber or any suitable rigid material, and the term pad is used to embrace any foot plate or slab for such a purpose.

In the present instances two foot pads 10 are illustrated, one in connection with each door. Either one of these foot pads may be raised into vertical position for carrying luggage or both may be raised if necessary so as to increase the carrying capacity of the running board. It is also possible to removably attach a platevv such asl-illustrated at l2 to one or both foot pads to form` a-bar-' rier extending substantially the entirelength of the running board to i' iurthergincrease the carrying capacity and to prevent the loss `of small articles.

In converting the running board into a luggage carrier, it is desi-rafbleto-protectY the side of the vehicle from being scratched or damaged and for this purpose I'have shown an apron plate 13' adjacent each foot pad and securedV along the inner margin of the` running board. Each apron plate may. be provided with aperturedlugs 14- atz its lateral margins for receivingfsome flexible tying elements for tying or binding. luggage upon the running'board.

In the utilization of this invention, the` pads l may normally, rest flat upon the running board With the latches 8 engaged thereover to serve as usual foot plates or pads. Where it is desired to carry someluggage'such as illustrated bythe reference numeral 15 in Figure l, one of the footpads maybe raised to vertical position as previouslyexplained for retaining such luggage upon the running board. If it is desired to increase the carrying capacity of the running board, the other foot pad may be raised and the barrierv plate 12 which can be readily carried in some., part of the vehiclemay be attached to the elevated'foot plates as shown in Figure 2.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that this invention has a two fold utility and that ther parts can be readily and quickly converted from one form to the other. It should also beapparent that theV novel form of apron platesnot only protect the .side of the vehicle from the luggage but also afl'ord anchoring means for luggage.

I am aware that many changes may be ning boardofa vehicle, spaced pads hinged;

tothe outer margin of said board, resilient means for retaining said pads in vertical position, and an apron plate extend-ing along the inner margin of said` ,running board and provided With attaching means at. its ends.

3l yA luggage carrier, including the run'- ning'board'fof E'a vehicle, a `pairotfoot pads hinged to the outer margin of saidv board', and resilientvmeans for holding said pads in l vertical position.

4. In a vehicle having a ruiming board, a pairoffspaced foot pads hinged to the outer margin of' said running board, said foot pads having their outer margin enlarged andan angle member providing a rest' se* cured tofsaid running board for receiving and supporting the enlarged margins of said'foot pads.

5. In a vehicle having a running board, a foot padfhinged to the outer margin of said running boa-rd and svvingable from hori! zontal to vertical position, and means de pending over the outer margin of said running-board for supporting said foot pad'in vertical position'.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

ISAAC ARTHURv HILLS. 

